linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] signal: protect SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE from unintentional clearing.

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:04:20 +0100
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Jamie Iles <jamie.iles@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] signal: protect SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE from unintentional
        clearing.

On 11/16, Jamie Iles wrote:
>
> This can result in init becoming stoppable/killable after tracing.  For
> example, running:
>
>   while true; do kill -STOP 1; done &
>   strace -p 1

> and then stopping strace and the kill loop will result in init being
> left in state TASK_STOPPED.  Sending SIGCONT to init will resume it, but
> init will now respond to future SIGSTOP signals rather than ignoring
> them.

Yes, and a lot more... I forgot about these problems again.

Jamie, sorry for delay, I'll try to read the patch and reply tomorrow.

Oleg.